Quick Comment on Hot Topics: Quantum Computing Enters Middle School Classrooms for the First Time, It’s Time to Cultivate Scientific and Technological Talents

First let’s take a look at the situation in our country. In order to speed up the innovative training of quantum science and technology talents in the field of basic education, our country has made various attempts and explorations. With the active promotion of governments at all levels in Wuxi City, Wuxi Quantum Perception Research Institute and Guoyi Quantum immediately organized research and development research and launched a research and development project of quantum computing experimental courses for primary and secondary schools based on diamond quantum computing teaching machines, and cooperated with Xishan Senior High School in Jiangsu Province Cooperate with middle schools to jointly carry out educational research.

With the joint efforts of many parties, the "Quantum Computing Theory and Experiment" class at Xishan Senior High School in Jiangsu Province has officially started recently. The news has attracted great attention from people from all walks of life. After all, this is the first time that quantum computing has entered a Chinese middle school. Primary school classrooms play a positive role in cultivating quantum information talents. At the experimental class site, combined with the teaching courseware and handouts, the teacher guided the students to conduct hands-on instrument adjustments and basic experiments related to quantum computing. Students generally reported that although the course was "brain-burning", they could still understand basic concepts such as superposition, coherence, and entanglement through vivid explanations of experimental content and careful listening.

Let’s take a look at the situation abroad. In the United States, quantum computing education has been included in the national K12 education bill; in Europe, activities such as quantum computing basic education and quantum science summer camps are common. From the perspective of corporate layout, IBM, Google, Intel, Microsoft, and Amazon are the mainstream players in the field of foreign quantum computing. Some technology giants are willing to spend tens of millions of R&D funds and invest a lot of manpower and material resources to achieve the goal of building a usable quantum computer. This shows the "ambition" of foreign companies.

As a cutting-edge technology with broad application prospects and huge application value, quantum computing will surely affect the sensitive nerves of scientific and technological workers from all over the world. Which country can achieve results in core technologies as soon as possible will have more advantages in the fierce competition in the future. In view of this, my country's layout of the quantum computing industry still needs long-term consideration and comprehensive planning.